Bramerton Pits
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Bramerton Pits is a Site of Special Scientific Interest
north of the village of Bramerton
in Norfolk
on the southern banks of the River Yare
, where the Norwich 'Crag' comes to the surface:
The area has given its name to an early Pleistocene glacial stage used in the British Isles called Bramertonian Stage distinctive by the presence of shelly, sandy deposits indicative of a temporate climate. Fossil marine fish, extinct voles and otters and a mastodont have been found and the area has been escavated many times over the years.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
north of the village of Bramerton
Bramerton
Bramerton is a village in South Norfolk 4¾ miles south-east of Norwich, just north of the main A146 Norwich-Lowestoft road and on the south bank of the River Yare. In the 2001 census it contained 158 households and a population of 350.-The village:...
in Norfolk
Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
on the southern banks of the River Yare
River Yare
The River Yare is a river in the English county of Norfolk. In its lower reaches the river connects with the navigable waterways of The Broads....
, where the Norwich 'Crag' comes to the surface:
- Bramerton Common Pit is adjacent to Bramerton Common near Woods End.
- Blakes Pit is further east at the end of Hill House Road.
The area has given its name to an early Pleistocene glacial stage used in the British Isles called Bramertonian Stage distinctive by the presence of shelly, sandy deposits indicative of a temporate climate. Fossil marine fish, extinct voles and otters and a mastodont have been found and the area has been escavated many times over the years.